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charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit pkg version 2.6.2. Below, I half-expected the second use of pkg to show base_latest (not base_release_0) in the url. What am I missing? Thanks root@clean:~ # bectl list -c creation BE        Active Mountpoint Space Created default   NR     /          11.7G 2025-10-07 04:15 stable-15 -      /tmp/up    483M  2026-03-15 23:31 root@clean:~ # pkg repos FreeBSD-base FreeBSD-base: {     url             : "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/base_release_0",     enabled         : yes,     priority        : 0,     mirror_type     : "SRV",     signature_type  : "FINGERPRINTS",     fingerprints    : "/usr/share/keys/pkgbase-15"   } root@clean:~ # pkg -r /tmp/up repos FreeBSD-base FreeBSD-base: {     url             : "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/base_release_0",     enabled         : yes,     priority        : 0,     mirror_type     : "SRV",     signature_type  : "FINGERPRINTS",     fingerprints    : "/usr/share/keys/pkgbase-15"   } root@clean:~ # grep -A 2 FreeBSD-base /tmp/up/usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf FreeBSD-base {     enabled = yes;     url = "pkg+https://pkg.freebsd.org/${ABI}/base_latest"; root@clean:~ # --------------jmFyjYY9pdOG0mAqeqywNR7s Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

pkg version 2.6.2. 

Below, I half-expected the second use of pkg to show 
base_latest (not base_release_0) in the url.

What am I missing? 

Thanks


root@clean:~ # bectl list -c creation
BE        Active Mountpoint Space Created
default   NR     /          11.7G 2025-10-07 04:15
stable-15 -      /tmp/up    483M  2026-03-15 23:31
root@clean:~ # pkg repos FreeBSD-base
FreeBSD-base: { 
    url             : "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/base_release_0",
    enabled         : yes,
    priority        : 0,
    mirror_type     : "SRV",
    signature_type  : "FINGERPRINTS",
    fingerprints    : "/usr/share/keys/pkgbase-15"
  }
root@clean:~ # pkg -r /tmp/up repos FreeBSD-base
FreeBSD-base: { 
    url             : "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/base_release_0",
    enabled         : yes,
    priority        : 0,
    mirror_type     : "SRV",
    signature_type  : "FINGERPRINTS",
    fingerprints    : "/usr/share/keys/pkgbase-15"
  }
root@clean:~ # grep -A 2 FreeBSD-base /tmp/up/usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf
FreeBSD-base {
    enabled = yes;
    url = "pkg+https://pkg.freebsd.org/${ABI}/base_latest";
root@clean:~ # 

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